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27045

ZIP 27045 is in Rural Hall, North Carolina, mostly in Forsyth County; area codes 336 and 743; Eastern time. Rural Hall has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 27094, 27098 and 27099.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Forsyth +1 more
Metro area
Winston-Salem, NC
Population
10,863
Coordinates
36.2344, -80.2961
☼ Live from 27045 — Rural Hall, NC

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Where 27045 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 27045
  • 🔢 Type 27045 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShOLZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 27,045 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 601. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110100110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 27043 (Pinnacle, NC, 11 mi away) and 27046 (Sandy Ridge, NC, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 27045 becomes 54072, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02457, 02475, 02574, 02745, 04257, 04275, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57420 in Akaska, SD, 1,207 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 73%.
  • 🎯1,024 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 27045 and you would come out at 36.23°S, 99.70°E — 969 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 41m.
  • 📏 At 23.4 square miles of land, 27045 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,863This ZIP10,863
Households4,559This ZIP4,559
Housing units4,905This ZIP4,905
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,086This ZIP$71,086North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median home value$194,300This ZIP$194,300North Carolina$288,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,081This ZIP$1,081North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.1%This ZIP27.1%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density465.0 / sq miThis ZIP465.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments166This ZIP166
Employees3,288This ZIP3,288
Annual payroll$167,899,000This ZIP$167,899,000
Tax returns filed4,830This ZIP4,830
Total adjusted gross income$310,551,000This ZIP$310,551,000

Land area

Land area23.36 sq miThis ZIP23.36 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 27045 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Forsyth County 91.5%
Stokes County 8.5%

Other place names in 27045

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 27045

ZIPCityDistance
27094 Rural Hall, NC 0.4 mi
27098 Rural Hall, NC 0.4 mi
27099 Rural Hall, NC 0.4 mi
27010 Bethania, NC 4.3 mi
27019 Germanton, NC 4.9 mi
27105 Winston-Salem, NC 6.1 mi
27050 Tobaccoville, NC 6.4 mi
27106 Winston-Salem, NC 6.4 mi
27021 King, NC 6.5 mi
27040 Pfafftown, NC 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 27045?

27045 is in Rural Hall, North Carolina, in Forsyth County, part of the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.2344, -80.2961.

What county is 27045 in?

27045 spans 2 counties: Forsyth County and Stokes County. Most of it falls in Forsyth County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 27045?

Rural Hall uses area codes 336 and 743, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 27045 in?

27045 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 27045?

About 10,863 people live in ZIP code 27045, in 4,559 households, at 465.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 27045?

$71,086 a year, against $72,388 across North Carolina.

What ZIP codes are near 27045?

The closest are 27094 (0.4 mi), 27098 (0.4 mi), 27099 (0.4 mi), 27010 (4.3 mi) and 27019 (4.9 mi).

Is 27045 a PO Box ZIP code?

27045 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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